Junior Jones vs Marco Antonio Barrera..Why did Barerra get beat like that?

His stamina let him down aswell.

I don't think he would have been the best ever by any means though, reckon you're stretching it there mate. I'm a massive Jones fan but there were more flaws to him than meets the eye, he faded in and out of fights far too much, he went completely missing in the middle rounds vs Julio and Johnson, seeming tentative and jittery which shows maybe a lacking in focus and concentration in the ring for me. That's compounded my the fact his jab faded far to quickly, his jab is never the same after the early rounds, where it looks deadly, Poison loses his range very quickly I think, his jab stalls falling short in a habitual manner after the first few rounds.

He only fought 4-5 really top quality fighters, it's hard to gauge how good he could have been I think.

 

I'm sure you've seen Jones vs Paul Ingle? Cracking ****ing fight for the title :thumbsup

 

Yeah it's a good one for sure.

Have you seen Jones/Evatt? That's another excellent fight, might just be his most exciting encounter although he was past it.

 

Damn right I have. Jones was a thrilling fighter. Reminded me of Corrales. Good boxer, great power, but chinny and would always get in a war.

McKinney/Jones was another crazy fight.

 

Jones was a borderline great fighter full of flaws. In the first match he and Barrera clash heads and Barrera gets pissed and gets caught with a perfect right hand, which for all intents and purposes ended the fight.

 

:good Mckinney/Jones is boss. I feel Jones's pain in that one, losing on his birthday, to his amateur rival, after battering him for most of what was an admittedly short contest! :yep

 

Haha you're avi deceived, but I somewaht remembered you for the low class irrational fan of Mexiscum you are But please tell us how Barrera getting his ass beat deserved the decision against Jones again :yep

 

The REAL MAB hadn't quite arrived at the time of the two Jones fights. The version that beat Morales and Hamed would have been too much for Junior. It's like carping about Emile Griffith's 1 round ko loss to Rubin Carter...the version of Griffith who beat Dick Tiger would have avenged that defeat...same with Barrera vs Jones.

 

Good points there SL, the fight against MkKiney though for me was the ultimate example of how 1 fighter completely superior to another, can lose because his chin just isn't right

Maybe he just wasn't relaxed enough in the ring, which saw him fade?

Was he actually ever in a bad fight?

 

I agree totally on that, with an improved chin he definitely would have been an excellent all round fighter and there would be a significant number of 'L's erased from his record :good.

I think the not being relaxes was the root of alot of Jones's problems.

 

I don't think MAB could ever have beat Jones with the toned down, lower workrate. more boxing focused style he used circa Hamed to Pac.

He'd always have a chance if he went for it like he did in the first MOrales fight, maybe even wins more often than not but he DID fight like that in the first fight against Junior and got starched, it's not like he was a novice in there.he was about 6 or 7 years into his career.